Acute empyema with intractable pneumothorax associated with ruptured lung abscess caused by Mycobacterium avium
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Katsuyuki Asai, MD, PhD · Norikazu Urabe, MD, PhD
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease rarely features pleural involvement. Therapeutic strategies for this situation have not been well established. We present a case of acute empyema with intractable pneumothorax associated with ruptured lung abscess caused by Mycobacterium avium in an immunocompromised patient. Combined treatment that included multidrug antibiotic therapy and nonresectional surgery resulted in a good outcome
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 59:443–446 DOI 10.1007/s11748-010-0687-7 Received: 15 April 2010 / Accepted: 5 August 2010
